Assimilation and simulation of typhoon Rusa (2002) using the WRF system

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 415-427

  Gu, Jianfeng ^a,b,c   Xiao, Qingnong ^b   Kuo, Ying Hwa ^b   Barker, Dale M ^b   Xue, Jishan ^a   Ma, Xiaoxing ^c  

^a STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Shanghai Weather Forecast Center   (China)

Author keywords

3DVAR; Background error statistics; Data assimilation; Numerical simulation; Typhoon

Indexed keywords

EID: 20344395328     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02918755     Document Type: Article

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